Was Copernicus an Astrologer? by George Borski, Ivan Kolkov

“…Unfortunately, thus far, consensus has not been achieved among historians on any of them. …”
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A Case of Reed Syndrome with a Novel Mutation in the Fumarate Hydratase Gene by Christin B. Laufer, Layne B. Green, Darren E. Whittemore

“…Despite the fact that up to 16% of patients can develop aggressive type 2 papillary renal cell carcinoma, there are currently no consensus guidelines on screening or patient management.…”
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Role of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in the Management of Merkel Cell Carcinoma by Eric P. Arruda, Kevin M. Higgins

“…In this paper, we discuss the history, pathology, and epidemiology of this rare disease with a focus on the evidentiary basis of treatment protocols. …”
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Evaluation of the Medically Complex Living Kidney Donor by Yasar Caliskan, Alaattin Yildiz

“…The term “Complex living donor” is probably preferred for all suboptimal donors where decision-making is a problem due to lack of sound medical data or consensus guidelines. Donors with advanced age, obesity, asymptomatic microhematuria, proteinuria, hypertension, renal stone disease, history of malignancy and with chronic viral infections consist of this complex living donors. …”
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Reliability of Upper Extremity Functional Performance Tests for the Non-overhead Athlete by Bryan L Riemann, George J Davies

“…# Background While there have been reliability studies conducted on several upper extremity functional performance tests (UEFPT), there are several complicating factors that inhibit the ability to draw definitive consensus about the reliability of the tests in both females and males. …”
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Combined Pulmonary Fibrosis and Emphysema Syndrome: A New Phenotype within the Spectrum of Smoking-Related Interstitial Lung Disease by Karina Portillo, Josep Morera

“…Currently, there is no consensus about its treatment since those published to date on this issue are limited to well-characterised series of cases; hence, a better understanding of this entity may help in the development of future therapeutic approaches.…”
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Whiplash Injuries: An Update by Robert W Teasell, Allan P Shapiro

“…Studies looking at the natural history of whiplash injuries have suffered from problems of selection bias, retrospective reviewing and unclear outcomes. …”
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Information Technology in Critical Care: Review of Monitoring and Data Acquisition Systems for Patient Care and Research by Michael A. De Georgia, Farhad Kaffashi, Frank J. Jacono, Kenneth A. Loparo

“…There is a broad consensus that 21st century health care will require intensive use of information technology to acquire and analyze data and then manage and disseminate information extracted from the data. …”
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The Notion of “Philosophy as a Way of Life”: Ambiguities and Open Questions by Eli Kramer, Marta Faustino, Hélder Telo

“…Particularly proliferous in the areas of metaphilosophy and the history of philosophy, PWL has also been applied to a wide variety of knowledge domains beyond the academic world. …”
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Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis Presenting as a Breast Pseudotumor: Case Reports with Review of the Literature by Nour Abdul Halim, Imad Uthman, Rayan Rammal, Hazem I. Assi

“…Moreover, it does not have a specific radiographic finding, so the only way to reach a definitive diagnosis is by core biopsy and histology. Furthermore, a consensus regarding the best treatment modality has not been reached yet. …”
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Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis: Case Report and Review in Search for Diagnostic Key Points by Guillermo López-Medina, Manuel Gallo, Alejandro Prado, Iliana Vicuña-Honorato, Roxana Castillo Díaz de León

“…The relevance of the case resides in highlighting the lack of guidelines or consensus for histological diagnosis being virtually the only one available. …”
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A Case of Chronic Calcific Nonalcoholic Pancreatitis by Aaron Kangas-Dick, Umair Khan, Oluwafunbi Awoniyi, Shanza Waqar, Nu Nwe Tun, Karthikeyan Viswanathan, Cynthia Wong

“…The etiology of TCP remains uncertain, with the current consensus suggesting genetics as well as possible toxicity from consuming large amounts of cassava, a tuber. …”
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A Lip Lump: An Unexpected Histological Diagnosis of a Lip Schwannoma by Thomas Haigh, John Raad Glore, David Gouldesbrough, Winson Wong

“…The findings were consistent with that of a small benign schwannoma. The current consensus is for surgical excision of a conservative nature with no need for margins. …”
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Areas for action to promote positive forms of masculinities in preventing violence against women: a concept mapping study in Spain by Ariadna Cerdán-Torregrosa, Belén Sanz-Barbero, Daniel La Parra-Casado, Carmen Vives-Cases

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Melioidosis: A Rare Cause of Liver Abscess by Peter Franz M. San Martin, Catherine S. C. Teh, Ma. Amornetta J. Casupang

“…This is a case of a 44-year-old male, farmer, known to be diabetic, presenting with two-week history of vague abdominal pain associated with high grade fever. …”
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Phenoxybenzamine in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: Potential Role and Novel Mechanisms by Mario A. Inchiosa

“…There is a relatively long history of the use of the α-adrenergic antagonist, phenoxybenzamine, for the treatment of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS). …”
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THE PHENOMENON OF TRAMP AND THE AMERICAN SYSTEM OF SEPARATION OF POWERS by N. V. Molchakov, V. Y. Yakunin

“…In general, despite these deviations from legally established rules, the elites retained a general consensus on the notion of stable domestic and foreign policies. …”
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Venüs Heykelciklerinden İdollere Kadın Temsilleri by Tülin CENGİZ

“…The existence of these figurines raised the question of why the interest of prehistoric people focused so much on certain points of the female or female body. There is no consensus on the social, economic or cultural functions of these artifacts among the researchers, so different suggestions have been offered up to the present day. …”
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Cutaneous Neuroendocrine Metastases of Visceral Origin Responsive to Surgical Resection and Targeted Radionuclide Therapy by Eleanor Tung-Hahn, Ghassan El-Haddad, Jonathan Strosberg

“…This report presents a man with painful cutaneous NET metastases initially on the face then scalp. He had a prior history of longstanding and progressive stage IV visceral disease. …”
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Extramedullary Plasmacytoma of the Larynx Treated by a Surgical Endoscopic Approach and Radiotherapy by Massimiliano Pino, Filippo Farri, Pietro Garofalo, Fausto Taranto, Andrea Toso, Paolo Aluffi

“…As there are no internationally established guidelines, treatment of EMP is mainly based on consensus of expert opinion.…”
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